Dennis The Tennis Menace

When he was tennis – ing, Dennis the Menace was truly menacing. Dennis the Menace was hopeless at tennis. Although he tried to hit the ball right, he always missed and it span off mid – flight. He was forever getting his match mixed up with his set. Soon, his laces came undone and he started to roll and there was a hole in his net. He picked up his racquet and threw it away – he played tennis every day. The linesman ducked as the bat came flying past, Dennis the Menace was really quite fast. Before long, of course, he ended up in bed because of his bad throw – with what else other than tennis elbow !Where is Dennis ? Circle the letters D – E – N to complete the words.

dent

dendrite

incident

accident

dentures

denial

dense

denote

denomination

Where is Dennis ? Add the letters D – E – N to complete the words.

igrate

ounce

sity

y

ouement

int

jurispuce

pruce

by

Game, Set & Match

How many words or phrases can you think of that include the word game and match ? Example – game bird, matchstick.

Set Off

Add “set” to complete the words and phrases, then make a sentence using the word as an example.

__ __ __ off

__ __ __ up

__ __ __ tlement

out__ __ __

in__ __ __

up__ __ __

red – __ __ __ ter

__ __ __ back

__ __ __ upon

__ __ __ tlement

__ __ __ about

__ __ __ the date

__ __ __ the time

__ __ __ apart

__ __ __ free

__ __ __ ting

__ __ __ back

__ __ __ routine

__ __ __ tee

mind__ __ __

Match The Set

Put the three following sets into the right order :stem root floweracorn oak tree sapling

pip tree apple

sheep wool sock

gold cup horse race

kettle water boil

cement house hole

1. If Dennis the Menace played 60 games of tennis and won only 10% – how many is that ?

2. If Dennis the Menace lost 2 / 3 rds of his 300 balls, how many did he have left ?

3. Work out the surface area of the hole in Dennis the Menace’s net if it measured 15 cm across the middle.

4. Dennis was truly menacing. If he scared away 0.3 of the 3000 spectators in the crowd, how many were left ?

5. Work out the surface area of Dennis the Menace’s tennis court if it measured 15 m long and 5 m wide.

6. The ball hit by Dennis the Menace travelled at a speed of 5 km / hour. How far did it get in 3 minutes ?

7. Dennis the Menace sold 450 tennis programmes for the grand final match. If there were 1000 spectators, what percentage had a programme to read ?

8. Dennis the Menace missed the ball one – eighth of the times. If he tried to hit the ball 240 times, how many times did he miss ?

Dennis the Tennis Menace’s Tennis Courtourt ? urt ? irt ? or ert ? which is the correct one to use ?

co__ __ __ship

h__ __ __ful

h__ __ __le

c__ __ __

p__ __ __

sp__ __ __

p__ __ __

fl__ __ __

sk__ __ __

t__ __ __le

ch__ __ __le

m__ __ __h

b__ __ __h

conc__ __ __

d__ __ __

ins__ __ __

al__ __ __

d__ __ __y

Tennis Scores

Work out the tennis scores and complete the table :

Game Game Game

1 2 3

15 5 2510 50 30

25 75 10

5 10 80

75 25 50

25 5 60

80 90 100

Denn – “is”

Which is the correct one to use “is” or “are” ?1. It is six o’ clock.2. The girl is friendly.3. All the students are late.

Ref : All maths problems are based on the foundation - key stage 4 curriculum found in the DFES reports :
"Primary National Strategy - Core Learning By Year" (2008)
"Primary National Strategy - Core Learning By Strand" (2008)
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Ref : All English problems are based on the Fordham Foundaton Report Stotsky, S. (2005) The State of State English Standards , www.edexcellence.net Washington D.C., U.S.